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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2005
Christopher G. Kaler, Sammamish, WA (US);
Allen L. Brown, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert G. Atkinson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Steven E. Lucco, Bellevue, WA (US);
Christopher G. Kaler, Sammamish, WA (US);
Allen L. Brown, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert G. Atkinson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Steven E. Lucco, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A group identifier represents an association between each of a number of different abbreviated namespace identifiers with a corresponding hierarchical namespace (e.g., an XML namespace). A hierarchically-structured document (e.g., an XML document) is accessed by a computing system that determines that the group identifier is associated with the hierarchically-structured document. Hence, when using the abbreviated namespace identifiers in the hierarchically-structured document, the computing system knows that the corresponding namespace is associated with the designated portions of the hierarchically-structured document. Also, a schema description language document (e.g., an XSD document) may specify multiple target namespaces for a single element. Accordingly, groupings of elements may be included in different namespaces to creating overlapping or even nested namespaces.